Bent-wood chair.



WITNESSES:

PATENTED MAY 1, 1906 A. WAHNER, JE, BENT W001) CHAIR.

APPLICATION FILED OOT.5.1905.

2 SKEETSSIIEET 1.

PATENTED MAY 1 1906 A. WANNBR, JR, BENT WOOD CHAIR.

APPLICATION FILED OOT. 5.1906

2 SHEETSSHBET 2 ATTORNEYS" trisrrnn s'rarns Parr-sta r orrion.

\ ALl-ll lltl. \YANNER, .Ilt, OF HOBOKEN, NEWV JERSEY.

BENT-WCOD CHAER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

ratente l May 1, 1906.

Application filed Deteber 5, 1905. Serial N0. 281%),

T0 (Lt t whom it may concern.-

llc known that l, ALBERT \VANNER, Jr., citizen of the United States, residing in Ho bolren, Hudson county, New Jersey, have in rented certain new and useful iin [)I'OYOIIIQDiS in Bent- 00d Chairs and the Like; and I do hereby declare the following to be a. lull, clear, and exact description of the invention, such will enable others skilled in the art to which. it appertnins to make and use the same, rel erenee being had to the accompanying; drawings, and to letters of reference marked thereon, which form a port of this specification at points below the seat, so that not only are the legs tirnily braced and bound to gcther, but to the seat, and. the rigidity of the parts greatly enhanced.

in the accompanying drawings 1 have shown two forms ol my invention in two dis tinct perspective views.

in the drawings, Figure 1, it is the seat of .he chair, '1 its front legs, and 0 its back legs, e hitter being the lower ends of a single bent-wood piece (I, which above the chairseat o forms, with another bent-wood piece the heck of the chair. 'll'iese parts are constructed and arranged substantially the some as .in all chairs of this type. The brace consists of a single bent-wood piece whose.

intermediate middle portion f is straight, or substantially so, while its end port ions (1 project substantially at right angles therefrom and extend first upwardly and then downwardly, following a curve or arch. brace is preferably secured with the portion f at the trout oi" the chair.

"lhe portion f is preferably about us long; as the trout legs are from each other, whereby the loits or the like h, which secure thebracc to the front. legs, engage the brace at the angles 3 between its portions f and g. The other belts or the like it between the ,brace and the back legs engage the brace at or near the extremities thereof. Furthermore, the brace is secured to the under side-of the seat in its curved portions by belts or the like i. The ends of the curved portions g, it will be no ticed, extend considerably below the portion f of the brace This increases the strength and rigidity of the chair by resisting in the most complete and practical manner that tendency to weaken in chairs of this nature which usually develops where the chair-seat is secured to the piece d, forming its back and back legs.

in Fig. 2 the brace has the portion j there.

of, connecting the front legs, straight, or substantially so, the side portions lc (each connecting afront and book leg) bent first up werdly and then downwardly in curves or arches, and the back. portion Z, onnecting the back legs, also straight, or substantially so. The brace is secured by bolts or the like In. to the legs at the angles between its front,

back, and side portions and also to the seat in its arched portions.

it will be understood that while I have herein described, shown, and claimed my improvementwith specific reference to a chair I regard its application in other seating appliances within the scope of my invention.

Having thus Fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. A chair having several legs in (:oinbinm tion with a brace consisting of a single piece of ninterial formed with a substantially straight front intermediate portion and two upwarilly-arched side portions, said brace having its front portion connecting and secured to the front legs ol' tl1e chair n a plane below but relatively near the chairseat and also having its arched portions bearing f against the seat and each also against a back This it is sccuri-d to the le s bv bolts, screws or the like Ii.

leg, and said arched portions being secured to the seat and legs where they engage the sonic, substantially as described.

.2. A chair having several legs in combination with a brace consisting of a single piece of material lUl'lllLll with a substantially straiglu l'ronl intermediate portion and two I up'wardlr-nrrln-d side portions, snid brace having; its limit portion connecting and secured to the lront legs of the chair In a plane below but relatively near the chair- In testimony that Icla im the foregoing 1 seat and also having its arched portions bearhave hereunto set nlylland this 29th day of ing a%ainst the seat and each also againste September, 1905.

back eg relatively remote from the seat, and ALBERT YVANNER, JR. said arched portions being secured to the Witnesses: I seat and legs Where they engage the same, ALFRED G RTNER;

substantially as described. J OHN W. STEWARD. 

